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  • 一九八四
  • Assholes Finish First
  • The Girl Who Played with Fire

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  • World War Z
  • The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
  • The Help
  • The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
  • The Ongoing Moment
  • Into the Wild
  • Nothing to Envy
  • The Forever War
  • The Kite Runner
  • My Favourite Wife

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The Forever War

Finest war journalism

评论: The Forever War

I haven't read many books written by journalists but this guy is good. Dexter Filkins is a journalist working for NY Times and he had been reporting from Afganistan and Iraq since 2001. This book is a collection of brutal and gruesome tibits form his 900+ notebooks. It gives readers an intimate v...(0回应)

My Favourite Wife

Lame

评论: My Favourite Wife

This book completely stinks. I was hoping to see a fresh take of the modern China from an outsider's eye and boy, what a let down. The entire book smells western superiority. All the Chinese female characters are either pretentious or incredibly unreal. I mean you can plug those women into a 1963...(1回应)

Into Thin Air

As close as you can get

评论: Into Thin Air

In the early May of 1996, a few group of professional and amateur mountaineers encountered a freak storm in the dead zone of Mount Everest during their summit attempt, 12 people perished under the extreme condition. That was the worst disaster the world has seen on the slopes of Mt Everest. Am...(0回应)

Papillon

A butterfly that never gave up

评论: Papillon

Jailed for a crime he never committed, Henry Charriere was sentenced to hard labor for life on a Bagne in French Guiana. Known for his butterfly tattoo, Henry was nicknamed Papillon by friends and inmates. Be it a coincidence or a symbol, Papillon never gave up his dream of being free again: he'd...(0回应)

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